Implement for compressing the valve springs of internal-combustion engines



, Sept. ,18, 1923. 1,468,526

' J. TERROINE IMPLEMENT FOR COMPRESSING THE VALVE SPRINGS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES Filed June 16 1922 avwemioz 7556 02 22910 the,

:Patented se r. 18,1923.

g latent r err-m JOSEPH rnnno r in, on NEW YonK, i\i.

I IMP EMENT nos eomranssruernnvenvn siesrnds or rnrnsnan-comsusrron r ENGINES."

Application filedJunelG, 1922. Serial No. 568,715.

Toall tvhohit may cons em: V V

I Belt known that 'I, Josnrrr TnRRoINny a citizen of France, and a resident of the boroughj ofManhattan, in the city,"county,

and [Stateof NewiYjork, have inventedqc'ere; tain new and useful Improved Implements for; Compressing :the Valve: Springs of In: ternal-C ombustionEngines, of which the fol: lowingisa specification. v a 1 Thisinvention relates toan implement to compress} the; springs of; .-Valves in internal combustion engines and holdgthesame under compression to facilitate the,removal of the valves; for; the purpose of grinding the valves pose which is isimplejand -oheap' 7 'tion andhighly efiicient'inuse.

and. their seats-audit is the object of the in-] i vention to. provide an implement for this pur-.

In. carryingv out the-invention I provide a pair'of telescopablei members each of which.

isiar-rangedzat oneend to engage a spring'and be; applied. tothe spring laterally thereofv and to also embrace theiside of the spring;

means being provided to connect said members in sliding relation, which ;means is also --operable to adjust the membersmelative to each other and retainthem in adjustedposi- Intheidrawing -I have shown an embodiinent o'f the invention in which Figure l is'a perspective view showing the telescopable members extended. and in condition to be ap plied to a spring,and showing the means to actuatejtheconnection means ,of said. mem-p bers to adjustthe members relative, to each 1 other.

PI i Figure 2i'is sectional with the members infit h ef position shown in re 1 she o era lre e 1 a valve spring prev ous to,.compressmg the} Flam-" 3' compress aspring to.' remove the spring sup porting key from a-valvestem 5 .F'gure 4 is aperspective m ting; crank for adj usting. the telescop able ;memhers and *Figures 5' and 6 are perspective views of the meansto scopable members. h

. .In the embodiment of the invention illustrated a pair of members 7, 8 of U-shape in crosssection are'arranged in telescopable or sliding relation, each of said members having at the outer end an inwardly extending in construe A elri w i laf u Esm rb S w n the er edius d to si new operativelygconnect the telefiange,as shown at Sland 10. These members are formed up from sheet metal whereby theyare expeditiously and cheaply manufactured w 1 The members .7. and '8 are connected in telescopable or sliding relation through an eccen-. trio link connection comprising a stud 11 having an annular enlargement 12, the stud at one side of said enlargement engaging in a perforation in the, member 7 .and having the endengaging and secured infan openingin the member 8, as shown at 19, the opposite end of the stud being looselymounted in a perforation 20 in-the disk 17 eccentric to the axis thereof and about which the disk :iS

adapted to be rotated. It will; be obvious that by rotating the disk 17 uponthe stud 18 within the annulus that the stud 18 will-be moved towardga'nd away from the stud 11 and the members? 8 moved relative to and away, from each other. a i

To facilitate the rotating of the disk 17 itv is arranged for the applioation of an actuator such-as a crank 21 (Figurel l),

comprising a bar having an angleportion 22 .to r emov-ablyt engage in an opening or socket 23 arranged in the disk- 17 eccentric to the axis thereof- .andfsubstantially 'dia'- metrically opposite to the opening- 20,.the

diskbeingpreferably arranged with a boss where this opening is located' to add rigid;

ity thereto. Toprevent rotation of the actuator inthe opening 23 in the disk the por- 7 be rotated from various positions.

' In use the disk 17 is actuated to adjust the members 7 8 to extended position shown'in Figures land 2. In this position the imtion 22 0f the actuator is made square n;- cross section and the opening is correspondconical segments-engaging in an annularrecess portlon 26in the valve stem, as clearly plement iS'ilPPllQd laterally to'the springs usual-lyfencircling or coiled about the valve stem 23 with'the flange?) of the member 7 to engage a coil adjacent the upper end of the spring'and the flange 10 of the member 8 iQO -GIlgQgB below the usual washer 2 to,

- seat the valve upon a key 25. d The form of valve shown is that of the engine of the well known Cadillac motor car in whichthe 'ical washer and the key supporting said valve spring is seated upon a truncated conspiring consists of a pair of semi-circular shown in Fig ureQQ The lateral ends of the members 7 and 8 are arranged to extend beyondthe transverse center of the spring whereby as the members are adjusted to compress the spring such compression pressure will be exerted with equal force on the:

spring ratopposite sides in a plane axially through the spring and not atone side-" f the longitudinal aXisw-ith the tendency of the'springtobe sprung out laterally' iroin' between the flanges 9, 10, which is a common fault of valve spring compressing 1m- .,p1ements of which applicant isaware, and

which disadvantage'it ison'eiof the objects of the: invention to overcome. -;Furtl1er moreb'y arranging the members 7,58 in a; form of a sleeve the members willemb race' at'least' onehalf of the]circumferential sun 7 faceof th'ecoils'of the; spring and thereby 7- prevent 'any tendency of; the spring tojmov'e; J laterally :under the spring compressing force's 'VVith the implement applied to" the spring'as ahove setjgt'orth-th'e. disk 17, is rotated "by the crank causing the studs to.

mounting of'the disk within the annulus.

' 'si-tion to [which "they 'may be move adjacent to'each other "and thereby moving {the members 7, 8 relative to each"- other and compresslng the sprlng' as shown]; 7 1n F1gure'3. T-h1smovement nce'd only be j suflicient to I relieve the pressure of the spring 'upon the valvejstem key? supporting the spring washer when the-Ikey may be readily removed from the .va-lveistem by ,7 slidingthe. spring longitudinally-on the w valve stem? away from the key as shown in dotted lines in Figure ii-when" the valve is withdrawn from the spring, when {the int-f fplement with the spring may 'be' placed 'one side' and Fthe valve" manipulated Qwing to the the'members' 7,8 will 'beretained in V adjusted I "through therotary movement of the disk.

nected to em: telescopable member and the vstructjed an V at one end'ifor the," engagement thestu'cE for the; purpose specified; UPC T y f N may r t ,t I zfihlay To replace the valve spring "all that is "1- r necessary isto position the implement-with; *F

the spring in position forthe insertion of ment, a pair of telescopable members constructed-andarranged to he applied-itcthe spring laterally thereon? each fof said-members: having an inwardly extending- -flange at one endtoengage a spring and aipair ofconcentrically' movable membersfcne ofthe V concentric members being eccentricallv'con" other concentric member ecceneric aily con nected to the o'ther telescopableg member; for

the purpese specified}; T

2J'In a; valve e t a P ir, i a, structed and arran ed to -be applied 'tof the spring laterally thereof; f each {of said meme bers having an inwardly' extendingflange at one end for theiengagementf of"a"spring teles fdpable memberscoutherebetweenyan annulus'connectedlto one" 9o 7 l within the openingof ;the annulus pivotally of the inesca able memb rs, and 5 a dislr connectedeccentricafly 'thcreel.- to the other i of saidmembergy ndwsaid diskar nged for" V I V the application o f 'jan' aaaam -ro rotatesame for" the pu1-pose: s pecified, j i 3; :In a val ve spring compressing; imple i ment; a pair "of telescopable members coir arrangedi'tobefapplied to the spring lateraIl-y thereofi each; s of saidf' fmemff hers having aninwardly' ektending 'fiange 1950,

{of a spring 'tlierebetween; an annulus," a

one of the telescopable membei idablyem 'gagingin a slot intheotheri of-s-aid mam-:05

i V i 105' bets-on :which the 'annulus'is hun g iadisk" e 'ly n g ng he p n ng ef the a nulu s, {a stud fixed the telescopable m her having the slot upon r'ot'atably mount'ea e'ceent iu' -,t0 'th thereof,- said Qdiskbeingarranged; e" p tionor a otate t e we within th'e annulus suppprtfupcn 5 J i d at thei'ity' 0 no 7 the valve steinwhen the spring' 'supporting 1 i" .keyL-is' inserted into t'he 'valvestem' {recess r ee'ce rr heaiifin 7 

